CMS QIN-QIO

Infection Prevention for Infection Preventionist by Infection Preventionists (IP3)
2024-10-24 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-10-17 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-10-10 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-10-03 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-09-26 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-09-19 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-09-12 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-09-05 11:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) and 1 more date | Online via Zoom
Join our IP3 group for a lively discussion with other infection preventionists to share new infection prevention ideas and discover new strategies. This group is hosted by Melanie Ronda, MSN, RN and Mary Ellen Casey, MSN, RN, M.Ed., CIC every Thursday at 11 am ET.

2024 IPRO QIN-QIO Leaders Forum: Fall Session #2
2024-10-23 15:00 - 16:00 | Online via Zoom
Join healthcare leaders from across the IPRO network on October 23 from 3 pm to 4 pm ET for an engaging session exploring innovative ways healthcare is evolving beyond traditional brick-and-mortar settings. We’ll focus on partnerships and services designed to meet communities’ unique needs, highlighting how coalitions, mobile clinics, and telehealth are transforming access and improving health outcomes.
This session will feature real-world examples demonstrating how collaborative efforts can create a more responsive healthcare system. We’ll discuss the challenges and opportunities that arise from these innovative approaches and how they can be tailored to diverse community needs.
If you are a care transitions/care manager, quality leader, practice manager, nursing home administrator, home health leader, or other healthcare stakeholder, please contribute your expertise and experience to this unique Leader Forum.
Together, we can inspire new ideas and foster collaboration to enhance healthcare delivery in our communities.

NHSN Office Hours
2024-10-23 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-09 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-09-25 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-09-11 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
In this 30 minute bi-monthly chat, we will discuss various topics surrounding NHSN. Topics include official NHSN updates, reminders about upcoming changes, and answers to our most commonly received provider questions.
Speaker:
Josh Clodius, LNHA

SNF Skill Squad
2024-10-22 13:30 - 14:30 | Online via Zoom
In this session, we will address why an accurate renal function assessment is important for resident health/safety
Learning Objectives:
1. Review the available measures of renal function for nursing home residents
2. Apply the use of the renal function assessment to monitor dosing of medications
Speaker:
Terry Lubowski, PharmD, BS, CPHQ

IPCO Study Hall
2024-10-22 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-09-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
Designed for those who have registered for the AHCA IPCO program, this session reviews the modules and helps prep staff to acquire their certificate.
Speaker:
Daphne Young

2024 IPRO LINKS Forum: Fall Session #1
2024-10-17 15:00 - 16:00 | Online via Zoom
Join us on October 17 from 3 to 4 pm ET as we delve into creative approaches and partnerships aimed at better-supporting individuals with behavioral health and substance use disorders. This session will feature insights from the New Hampshire Mobile Crisis Unit, a peer recovery organization, and an initiative focused on facilitating rapid referrals for individuals struggling with opioid use disorder.
We’ll explore successful strategies, share best practices, and discuss how collaborative efforts can enhance care and support for those in need. Together, we can work towards building a more effective and compassionate system for addressing these critical issues.
Please bring your expertise and experience to this peer-sharing and learning forum if you are a social worker, care transitions/care manager, practice manager, or engaged in supporting individuals with behavioral health needs in the hospital, nursing home, physician, or community environment.

Emergency Preparedness Planning (EPP) Series Part One: Recognizing and Dealing with Trauma Following a Crisis
2024-10-17 13:00 - 14:30 | Online via WebEx
Thursday, October 17 from 1 to 2:30 pm ET

Registration is required for this event.
Learning Objectives
In this webinar, we will:
1. Define trauma and trauma-informed care
2. Examine what happens to the traumatized body and why trauma behavior is misunderstood
3. Learn the basic concepts of providing trauma-informed care
Who Should Attend
Long-Term Care, Hospital, and Clinic
• EPP Coordinators
• Nurses
• Quality Professionals

Speaker
LaVerne Hanes Collins, PhD, NCC, LPC (GA), LCMHC (NC) Owner, New Seasons Counseling Training & Consulting, LLC
Dr. Collins is a nationally certified counselor who holds credentials as a licensed clinical mental health counselor in North Carolina and as a licensed professional counselor in Georgia. She is certified in coaching, clinical supervision, grief, trauma, integrative nutrition coaching, mental telehealth counseling, and addiction counseling.
Dr. Collins has worked as a counselor, writer, coach, mentor, trainer, and serial entrepreneur for 25 years. She has vast experience in helping people manage life’s unexpected crises, grief and loss issues, relationship issues, and mental health.
Dr. Collins has a dual bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University, and an M.S. Ed in community counseling from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh in addition to a Ph.D. in Christian counseling from South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary.

SNF Skill Squad: Facility Assessment Tools for Success
2024-10-15 13:30 - 14:30 | Online via Zoom
In this session, we will discuss the value of the facility assessment.
Speakers:
Shirlynn Shafer
Tammy Henning

IPRO QIN-QIO Presents: A Pathway to Transforming Patient Care through a Pain and Opioid Learning Health System (LHS) Collaborative (POLLC)
2024-10-09 15:00 - 16:00 | Online via WebEx
Wednesday, October 9 from 3 to 4 pm ET
Registration Link: https://bit.ly/47jRmnm
Learning Objectives
In this webinar, we will:

Define the characteristics and benefits of a Learning Health System
Describe foundational POLLC activities to support Learning Health Systems aimed at advancing evidence driven pain and opioid management and improving patient outcomes
Provide a Round Table on lessons learned from POLLC participants
Enable participants to design their LHS leveraging POLLC tools and resources

Audience
This activity is appropriate for all those interested in improving pain and opioid management and outcomes, and/or improving Learning Health Systems for other conditions. This includes:

Clinicians (e.g., Physicians, NPs, PAs, Nurses, Pharmacists), Public Health Professionals, Patients and/or Care Partners
Health Systems, Hospitals, Primary Care, Specialty Clinics, Nursing Homes, and Health IT vendors

Speakers
Jerry Osheroff, MD – Principal, TMIT Consulting, LLC
Dr. Jerry Osheroff is a primary care physician by training who has focused for over 30 years on developing and implementing approaches to improve healthcare delivery processes and outcomes. He is a principal of TMIT Consulting, LLC and a care transformation subject matter expert helping VA become a learning health system and achieve the quintuple aim. He is the lead author on influential guidebooks and national roadmaps for achieving these goals and brings together diverse stakeholders to implement the recommendations (e.g., via initiatives such as POLLC and ACT) and accelerate improvements in care delivery and results.
Anne Myrka, RPh, MAT, CPHQ – Senior Director of Drug Safety ad Chronic Disease Management, IPRO
Anne Myrka earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and a Master of Arts in Teaching Science from the State University at New Paltz. She is a licensed pharmacist in New York and Vermont. She has presented nationally about high-risk medication management, care transitions, and medication reconciliation, and has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed journal articles on these topics.
Lynn Wilson, MS – Senior Quality Improvement Specialist, IPRO
Lynn Wilson has more than 30 years of experience with regulatory agencies for community mental health centers and nursing homes and is a nationally recognized QI leader in long-term care, behavioral health and hospice and palliative care settings. Under her leadership, behavioral health and end of-life care practice innovations generated through frontline staff quality improvement processes have been recognized as national best practices.

SNF Skill Squad: Falls and Risk Reduction Pearls
2024-10-08 13:30 - 14:30 | Online via Zoom
In this session, we will describe quality measures related to falls, discuss the role of the interdisciplinary team in communication about falls, and identify high-risk medications to both avoid and consider for a gradual dose reduction (GDR).
Speakers:
Darlene Shoemaker, MS, RN, BC
Robert Accetta, RPh, BCGP, FASCP

SNF Skill Squad: Nursing Process and Assessment Skills
2024-10-01 13:30 - 14:30 | Online via Zoom
In this session, we will go over the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation).
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the basics of physical and mental assessments
2. Talk about how to identify a nursing diagnosis
3. Explain how to implement your plan of action
4. Describe how to create an effective evaluation
Speaker:
Daphne Young

SNF Skill Squad: Documentation and Care Planning
2024-09-24 13:30 - 14:30 | Online via Zoom
In this session, we will review documentation-related challenges and essential care planning principles.
Speaker:
Amy Stackman

QAPI Office Hours
2024-09-18 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-09-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Online via Zoom
QAPI Office Hours offer a highly interactive learning experience using Google’s Jamboard, allowing participants to ask questions and share experiences about QI topics. Give it a try!
Learning Objectives:
1. Explore various ways to use data in your QAPI process
2. Discover how to utilize data to tell a story

SNF Skill Squad: Using Your Standard Analytic Report (SAR) to Prioritize Quality Improvement Efforts
2024-09-17 13:30 - 14:30 | Online via Zoom
This session will review the data available in the quarterly SAR reports.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the quality measure data included in the SAR
2. Discuss how to compare facility performance to state and national averages
3. Explain how to utilize the data to identify quality measures for improving your Five-Star Rating
Speakers:
Jacky Haskell, MS
Emily Patry, MS

SNF Skill Squad: Understanding the “Science” of the STARs
2024-09-10 13:30 - 14:30 | Online via Zoom
Leaders, new and old within nursing homes understand the 5 STAR system at a high level, but often don’t realize or understand the nuances and “science” behind the 5 STAR rating. In this session, we will dive deeper into the quality measure (QM) rating.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand and explore resources for the 5 STAR system, specifically the QM rating
2. Learn about the QMs and how residents trigger them
3. Learn how to identify areas of improvement
Speaker:
Josh Clodius, LNHA

SNF Skill Squad: Documentation of Immunizations Within MDS
2024-09-03 13:30 - 14:30 | Online via Zoom
To realize the maximum benefits of immunizations, a coordinated effort is required to increase vaccination coverage and ensure high-quality data are available to inform clinical and public health
interventions. Learn more about this important topic during this session.
Learning Objectives:
1. Discover the connection between MDS and immunization data
2. Review practices that ensure effectiveness in reporting
